Improved paint-brush



eeeeww @mes-"7 DARIS WHITE, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.7

Lette/rs Patent No. 84,327, dated November 24, 1868.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DARIUs WHlTE, of Portland, in

the county of Cumberland, and State of Maine, have in-v vented a new and` useful Improved Paint-Brush and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others to/Hrake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which is shown a sectional elevation of my invention.

In making brushes of this description, great difficulty has alwas beenexperienced from the liability of their handles to become loose and come out after being in use for ashort time. The handles are also liable to become loose from the shrinkage of the bristles before being used, and while still in the hands of the dealer.

Many attempts have been nmde to obvia-te this, but no device has been found which will do it efectually. My invention has this end in view. I ei'fect this by inserting in the top of the Wire, which is wound round the bristle-s, a leather disk, through which the handle of the brush is driven. The handle expands the disk and forces it into the creases between the wires, by

which it is held rmly in place, said wires acting as a female screw.

K Reference to the drawings shows more fully the details of my invention.

a shows the bristles.

l1, the wire, which is wound around thenl to retain them in position.

e, thel handle of the brush.

d, the disk, of leather' or any like substance.

The smaller end of the brush-handle is inserted in the hole in the centre of the disk d, and the handle is then driven uliward therein until, b v the conical'ibrnr of said handle, the handle is iirrnly wedged into ,the disk d, and by the expansible properties ofthe leather, the disk tighthY iills the creases between the wires b, and is made rigid, or nearly so, therein. Thus the handle is firmly held in its position, and so, while performing its usual duties of securing the bristles, is little likelY to become loose from use or from shrinkage of the bristles, freni the adhesive and elastic nature of the disk surrounding it.

The bristles are cemented to the cap, as common.

That I claim as in v invent-ion, and desire to secure by Letters In-tent, is-

lhe disk d, when made oi' leather, or any equivaient substance, when used lin the manufacture of brushes, inthe lnanner as and for the purposes specied.

DARIUS IVHITE. Witnesses 4Izinivnr 0HOUsron,

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